Audio Visual Insights for Web-Conferencing and Live Streaming

Lately it seems like the ChromeBox has been taking the meeting room by storm. IT folks are seeing the ChromeBox as a simple and affordable option for a "Meeting Room" Computer. Google put together an attractive package called "ChromeBox for Meetings" built from the ChromeBox, a Logitech C930e and a Jabra Speak 410 microphone. Google also includes a "Google User License" and they made custom "Meeting Room Software" to make the room easy to schedule and usable for Google Hangout meetings. Much of the demand is driven by companies who are on the Google Platform for gmail and therefore unified communications.

So the fact that these ChromeBox's are going into meeting rooms begs the question: Why bundle a desktop webcam? That camera is made for desktop video conferencing where users are literally 2-3 feet from the camera. Putting this camera in a large room makes the users look like ants and field of view is always way to wide.

Intel NUC vs Google Chromebox vs Mac mini comparison

Google launched its own operating system a couple of years back with the introduction of affordable Chromebooks. ChromeOS is a web based operating system which does everything in a web browser and users can make use of Chrome Apps for productivity. The OS has its limitations since it cannot perform advance tasks and it is not compatible with Windows or Mac based software. Chromebooks were designed to be affordable and within the budget of lower to middle class users.